Why Alliance Healthcare Shares Have Popped

Photo of Chris Lange
By Chris Lange Updated Published
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.
Why Alliance Healthcare Shares Have Popped

© Thinkstock

Alliance Healthcare Services Inc. (NASDAQ: AIQ) shares had a handy gain on Monday after the company received an expression of interest from its controlling shareholder. Specifically, Tahoe Investment Group has offered to acquire all the outstanding common shares for a purchase price of $9.60 per share.

Note that this company has a market cap of just under $100 million.

Tahoe, through its subsidiary, completed the purchase of the majority interest in Alliance back in March. At that time, the firmed owned approximately 52% of the outstanding common stock.

Alliance’s board of directors has authorized a special committee, comprised solely of directors not affiliated with Tahoe, to evaluate the expression of interest. The special committee has engaged independent legal counsel and intends to engage an independent financial advisor to assist in its evaluation of the expression of interest.

[nativounit]

The expression of interest indicated that any transaction with Tahoe would be subject to approval by the special committee and a non-waiveable condition requiring approval of a majority of the shares of Alliance not owned by Tahoe or is affiliates.

For some background: Alliance Healthcare is a leading national provider of outsourced health care services to hospitals and providers. It also operates freestanding outpatient radiology, oncology and interventional services clinics, as well as ambulatory surgical centers that are not owned by hospitals or providers. This company is the nation’s largest provider of advanced diagnostic mobile imaging services, an industry-leading operator of fixed-site imaging centers, and a leading provider of stereotactic radiosurgery nationwide.

Shares of Alliance Healthcare were last seen up 13% at $9.05, in a 52-week trading range of $5.73 to $9.68.

[wallst_email_signup]

Photo of Chris Lange
About the Author Chris Lange →

Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics.

Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications.

A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

WAT Vol: 2,131,048
INTC Vol: 198,362,091
AKAM Vol: 8,677,900
MU Vol: 64,268,462
QCOM Vol: 34,272,223

Top Losing Stocks

HII Vol: 1,746,810
POOL Vol: 2,311,870
APTV Vol: 10,166,405
LDOS Vol: 2,252,442
PYPL Vol: 39,099,369